Movie
Koyaanisqatsi
Overview
Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.
Details
- Release date
- 1983-04-27
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Status
- Released
- Production
- IRE Productions, Santa Fe Institute for Regional Education, American Zoetrope
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Ed Asner as Self (archive footage)
- Pat Benatar as Self
- Johnny Carson as Self (archive footage)
- Dick Cavett as Self (archive footage)
- Marilyn Chambers as Self (archive footage)
- Sammy Davis Jr. as Self (archive footage)
- Lou Dobbs as Self (archive footage)
- Linda Ellerbee as Self (archive footage)
- Peter Sellers as Self (archive footage)
- Thomas Dolby as Self (archive footage)
Crew
- Godfrey Reggio - Director
- Ron Fricke - Screenplay
- Michael Hoenig - Screenplay
- Godfrey Reggio - Screenplay
- Alton Walpole - Screenplay
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